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>> got to be a miracle, you know. i cant describe it any other way. everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collarbone, and i kind of got jammed in there is the only reason i didnt go through. >> the distance between t...

Eardrum, just minor injuries, minor considering i could have and should have died. >> got to be a miracle, you know. i cant describe it any other way. everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collarbone, and i kind of g...

I cant describe it any other way. everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collarbone, and i kind of got jammed in there is the only reason i didnt go through. >> the distance between the front of the intake and the eng...

Know. i cant describe it any other way. everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collarbone, and i kind of got jammed in there is the only reason i didnt go through. >> the distance between the front of the intake and t...

Collarbone, and i kind of got jammed in there is the only reason i didnt go through. >> the distance between the front of the intake and the engine blades may also have helped. its about eight feet and big enough for a person to sleep in. >> he was within fingertip reach of the blades of the actual engine. usually what happens to things that get sucked into the intake, the titanium blades are moving at like 12,000 rpms and they pretty much chop everything or anything that goes into that intake. ...

Broken collarbone, a hole in my eardrum, just minor injuries, minor considering i could have and should have died. >> got to be a miracle, you know. i cant describe it any other way. everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it brok...

Everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collarbone, and i kind of got jammed in there is the only reason i didnt go through. >> the distance between the front of the intake and the engine blades may also have helped. i...

And should have died. >> got to be a miracle, you know. i cant describe it any other way. everything that happened that night was a miracle. >> bridges position entering that intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collarbone, and i kind of got jammed in there is the only reason i didnt go through. >> ...

Manufacturer pratt and whitney. the birds are dead before the test begins. watch as the carcasses get shredded as they collide with the turbo fan engine. not a pretty sight. but the engine doesnt fare any better with permanent damage to its titanium blades. >> when a large bird goes in, it damages the compressor in the front of the airplane. that blades that break, they cascade through the engine. >> the bang you heard was the original problem. there was a large eagle on the runway. >> bird stri...

That intake may have saved his life. >> the only reason i can see that i didnt go through the intake, because i got kind of wedged in between the nose cone, which is in the middle of the intake, and the outside of the intake, and it broke my collar bone, and i kind of got jammed in there spz is the only reason i didnt go through. >> the distance between the front of the intake and the engine blades may also have helped. its about eight feet and big enough for a person to sleep in. >> he was with...